Different areas of Karachi faced acute shortage of water due to prolonged delay in repair of Old Gharro pumping station which burst three days earlier. It should be mentioned that 36-inch main supply line of Gharro pumping station ruptured on Wednesday suspending one million gallons of water supply to the city per hour. The citizens had to face severe problems in the Eid days due to shortage of water. Though water board started the repair work soon after the incident and claimed to restore the supply completely within 12-hours but despite passage of three days they have failed to restore the supply. People of various areas of the city including Korangi, Shah Faisal Colony, Malir Sharah-e-Faisal and Karsaz had to purchase water for domestic needs. The citizens criticized the water board for failure to restore the water supply and demanded the authorities concerned to take notice of the matter and bring the responsible to book.
